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Post by Wolfgang on May 7, 2019 14:06:35 GMT -5
I find it very painful to WATCH Mitsuko Uchida perform because she's one of those weird pianists who are so involved and passionate with the music that she sways uncontrollably and displays bizarre rapturous facial expressions.
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Post by Phaedrus on May 7, 2019 19:50:05 GMT -5
I find it very painful to WATCH Mitsuko Uchida perform because she's one of those weird pianists who are so involved and passionate with the music that she sways uncontrollably and displays bizarre rapturous facial expressions. How do you feel about Glenn Gould? Or Keith Jarrett for that matter. (I know, he's jazz but the same idea.)
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Post by Phaedrus on May 7, 2019 19:54:06 GMT -5
ironhammer Have you heard htis one? This was the test of whether you know your stuff on the erhu. I took erhu for a month in Taiwan and then tried to continue playing when I came home. NFW.
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Post by vup on May 7, 2019 19:58:31 GMT -5
I find it very painful to WATCH Mitsuko Uchida perform because she's one of those weird pianists who are so involved and passionate with the music that she sways uncontrollably and displays bizarre rapturous facial expressions. Those facial expressions are indeed ghastly, but I don't mind her swaying.
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Post by Wolfgang on May 7, 2019 20:02:55 GMT -5
I find it very painful to WATCH Mitsuko Uchida perform because she's one of those weird pianists who are so involved and passionate with the music that she sways uncontrollably and displays bizarre rapturous facial expressions. How do you feel about Glenn Gould? Or Keith Jarrett for that matter. (I know, he's jazz but the same idea.) Glenn Gould is my favorite, but there's not a lot of footage of him performing. What little there is, I find them entertaining. I've read his biography and have probably listened to all of his recordings. I think Keith Jarrett is one of the more outrageous performers among jazz pianists, but I have a small sample size to work with as I haven't seen too many of his footages.
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Post by ironhammer on May 7, 2019 20:22:05 GMT -5
ironhammer Have you heard htis one? This was the test of whether you know your stuff on the erhu. I took erhu for a month in Taiwan and then tried to continue playing when I came home. NFW. SometimesI think it is translated as "birds singing in a tranquil valley", don't know why some would subsitute a mountain for a valley. I could be wrong. Speaking of traditional Chinese musical instrument, I like the Pipa (a pluck instrument sort of like a Chinese lute) more than the Erhu. Not that I hate the erhu, but I like the tune of the pipa a little better. Like this piece "A Sound of Laughter in the Vast Sea" (a contemporary piece written in 1990 by Hong Kong composer James Wong as the title song for the martial arts/wuxia film "Swordsman", the pipa is used along with other Chinese instruments. It starts off with a classical Chinese musical tune before transitioning into the main melody and song (at around 1:25 mark), which sounds more Western: Elements of the above song can be found in the title song for the Swordsman sequel starring Jet Li. This is again composed by James Wong. The tune is sort of Western, but again incoporates Chinese instruments:
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Post by Phaedrus on May 7, 2019 21:47:22 GMT -5
How do you feel about Glenn Gould? Or Keith Jarrett for that matter. (I know, he's jazz but the same idea.) Glenn Gould is my favorite, but there's not a lot of footage of him performing. What little there is, I find them entertaining. I've read his biography and have probably listened to all of his recordings. I think Keith Jarrett is one of the more outrageous performers among jazz pianists, but I have a small sample size to work with as I haven't seen too many of his footages. Gould was incredibly unforgiving to record because he hummed along as he played and he had all kinds of physical tics as he played. His concerts were bizarre. Hr dressed in heavy overcoats and looked like homeless person sometimes. Jarrett, back in his improvising days, forbade people from making any sound whatsoever when he played because it was distracting to him. He made himself stay away from anything musical: radio, television, anything that makes a sound in order to isolate his mind from influences that may affect his improvising in his concert. He had to stop performing that way and moved to playing the standards because it was affecting his life too much.
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Post by Phaedrus on May 7, 2019 21:50:27 GMT -5
ironhammer Have you heard htis one? This was the test of whether you know your stuff on the erhu. I took erhu for a month in Taiwan and then tried to continue playing when I came home. NFW. SometimesI think it is translated as "birds singing in a tranquil valley", don't know why some would subsitute a mountain for a valley. I could be wrong. Speaking of traditional Chinese musical instrument, I like the Pipa (a pluck instrument sort of like a Chinese lute) more than the Erhu. Not that I hate the erhu, but I like the tune of the pipa a little better. Like this piece "A Sound of Laughter in the Vast Sea" (a contemporary piece written in 1990 by Hong Kong composer James Wong as the title song for the martial arts/wuxia film "Swordsman", the pipa is used along with other Chinese instruments. It starts off with a classical Chinese musical tune before transitioning into the main melody and song (at around 1:25 mark), which sounds more Western: Elements of the above song can be found in the title song for the Swordsman sequel starring Jet Li. This is again composed by James Wong. The tune is sort of Western, but again incoporates Chinese instruments: I played the fiddle. Typical Chinese childhood, so the erhu was something similar. Pipa is ok. I really liked the zither.
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Post by Wolfgang on May 7, 2019 22:03:28 GMT -5
Glenn Gould is my favorite, but there's not a lot of footage of him performing. What little there is, I find them entertaining. I've read his biography and have probably listened to all of his recordings. I think Keith Jarrett is one of the more outrageous performers among jazz pianists, but I have a small sample size to work with as I haven't seen too many of his footages. Gould was incredibly unforgiving to record because he hummed along as he played and he had all kinds of physical tics as he played. His concerts were bizarre. Hr dressed in heavy overcoats and looked like homeless person sometimes. Jarrett, back in his improvising days, forbade people from making any sound whatsoever when he played because it was distracting to him. He made himself stay away from anything musical: radio, television, anything that makes a sound in order to isolate his mind from influences that may affect his improvising in his concert. Hr had ti so performing that way and moved to playing the standards because it was affecting his life too much. During some recordings, his humming became so bad that the producers/sound engineers made him wear a gas mask.
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Post by ironhammer on May 7, 2019 22:13:24 GMT -5
I played the fiddle. Typical Chinese childhood, so the erhu was something similar. Pipa is ok. I really liked the zither. Sure, erhu sounds good, I like this piece: Chinese pieces can also be composed with traditional Western orchestera, like the Butterfly Violin Concerto. Composed by He Zhanhao and Chen Gang in 1959, it retains the Chinese 5 note pentatonic scale. It is inspired by the the tragic Chinese love story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai (a sort of Chinese Romeo and Juliet), it has become one of the most famous Chinese orchestra piece: It can also be played with Erhu: And with the Chinese Guzheng, a sort of zither:
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Post by Phaedrus on May 13, 2019 21:46:34 GMT -5
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Post by mln59 on May 14, 2019 16:24:55 GMT -5
i like canon in d. i have it layered with ocean sounds because i'm super cool
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Post by vup on May 20, 2019 22:50:37 GMT -5
Jeux d'eau by Ravel
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Post by ironhammer on May 20, 2019 23:08:31 GMT -5
I like it when they use certain traditional classical instruments to play contemporary pieces.
Like this lady, who is playing a score from Inuyasha using the harp. Beautiful:
Or these two ladies playing two pieces from Saint Seiya using the harp:
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Post by Wolfgang on Feb 25, 2020 20:11:03 GMT -5
I use the term "Classical Music" broadly to encompass Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, etc. all the way up to Post-Modern and Post-Post-Modern instrumentation. To start, Let's listen to one of the greatest romantic melodies of our time: Rachmaninov's 18th Variation from Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini. You don't have to listen to all of it. At least the first 2:00. Quick intro to the piece: A doof named Nicolo Paganini wrote Caprice No. 24 for solo violin. Rachmaninov took the basic theme from that Caprice and created 24 variations for piano and orchestra. The 18th variation (of 24) is the most famous. The second post in this thread will provide a quick laymen's analysis of this variation and the entire Rhapsody in general. This music was used in the figure skating segment in the film Ronin, which I just rewatched yesterday. The figure skater was played by real life figure skater Katarina Witt. Witt is a German figure skater but in the film, she plays a Russian. Fortunately, she didn't have to do any acting.
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